REMINDER: Earn Your Press Pass program available for APA members

Earn Your Press Pass, a series of lessons covering the basics of community journalism, is open for registration. The course is available to staff at APA member newspapers at no charge.

Earn Your Press Pass is designed to train those with limited or no newspaper journalism experience. The courses are also suitable for seasoned reporters looking to brush up on their skills. Participants will work at their own pace. Designed and taught by Lindsey Young, a Kansas-based community journalist and publisher with 10 years of high school teaching experience, topics covered in Earn Your Press Pass coursework include newspaper basics, industry jargon, interviewing and reporting skills, sourcing considerations, news judgment, headline and cutline writing, AP Style, copy editing and basic photography.

“Arkansas has a legacy of great community journalists,” said APA Executive Director Ashley Kemp Wimberley.

“However, not everyone is able to take time away from their careers to enroll in traditional college coursework. While this course does not replace journalism school, we are excited to offer Earn Your Press Pass as a benefit to our members.” For more information or to sign up for courses, email ashley@arkansaspress.org.